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This 11th century Byzantine church was erected over the ruins of an Early Christian basilica. The original apse of the basilica has survived together with one of the finest pieces of Byzantine art, a rare 6th century mosaic of Virgin and Child…

The church of the Archangelos Michael, or Panagia Theotokos, is a timber-roofed chapel, just below the village, painted in the post Byzantine style of the early 16th century.

Built in 890 by Byzantine Emperor Leo VI, the Wise, on the resting place of St. Lazarus (Agios Lazaros) the resurrected friend of Christ. St. Lazarus arrived in ancient Kition on 33 AD becoming its first Bishop and Patron Saint. His tomb lies under…

Many of the monks in Cyprus monasteries are icon painters.

The church was built in the 13th century over the ruins of the largest Early Byzantine basilica on the island. St. Paul’s Pillar is situated in the church courtyard, where according to legend the Apostle was flogged before converting the then Roman…

The Church of Panagia tou Araka. The 12th century church of Panagia tou Araka is a listed UNESCO World Heritage Site. It contains some of the finest frescoes of the late Comnenian style (1192) comparable to those prevailing throughout Greece, the…

At Episkopi there is the church of St. Hilarion, which dates from 1100 and has been declared as an ancient religious monument of the Department of Antiquities. According to the Church of Cyprus St. Hilarion the Great lived until the end of his life…

Saint Nicholas Church in Diarizos Valley in Pafos

Saint Nicholas Church in Diarizos Valley in Pafos

Saint Nicholas Church in Galataria village, Paphos, Cyprus